Babysitter realizes he’s watching kidnapped child after seeing Amber Alert

A Washington state couple was shocked to learn upon reading an Amber Alert on Wednesday that the 2-year-old boy they were babysitting had been kidnapped.

“It’s probably the craziest thing I’ve ever heard,” John Truong, of Renton, told a local ABC affiliate, soon after police took custody of the boy. “It’s like something out of a movie.”

Mr. Truong said his sister asked him and his wife to watch her boyfriend’s son overnight Tuesday, saying she would pick up the child the next day.

Authorities issued an Amber Alert for the child on Tuesday night, which Mr. Truong said he didn’t know about it until he checked Facebook early Wednesday morning.

“I’m eating my breakfast, I’m checking my Facebook, all of a sudden I see this Amber Alert for this child,” Mr. Truong told the ABC affiliate. “And it looks like this child in my bed, and I’m like, ’Oh my God! What’s going on?’ “

“He was a great kid. He didn’t cry much or anything. He enjoyed my dog’s company and my children’s company,” he said. “Everything seemed great and then all of a sudden I’m eating breakfast, and it turns out to be this.”

Mr. Truong called police, who arrived to find the boy safe and sound.

His sister, identified by police as Alyssa Chang, was arrested Thursday in connection with the abduction, the station reported. Police said they believe Ms. Chang and the boy’s grandmother went to the boy’s home Tuesday and shocked his mother with a Taser before driving her to another house in Fife, where she was tied up in the garage, the station reported.

Police said the boy’s mother, who has not been identified, managed to free herself and went to another house to get help.

Ms. Chang was ordered held on $250,000 bail for investigation of kidnapping, assault and unlawful imprisonment, the station reported.

“I feel like she was just helping her boyfriend out and just got into this horrible situation,” Mr. Truong said of his sister. “We’re family people. This is definitely not like this. Honestly, I’m at a loss for words right now. It’s just crazy.”